New EP: ‘Stratospheric’
Dave’s track ‘Trepidation/74 Heist’ from the new ‘Stratospheric’ EP won Prog magazine’s ‘Tracks of the Week’ feature in 2025.
Dave is on keyboards for this new release that blends Prog Rock with Jazz, Folk, and Ambient music, joined by a line-up featuring Ben Waghorn (tenor sax, flute), Elliot Bennett (drums), and Tim Rose (guitars, bass).
Now available on CD from https://www.davejonesjazz.com/cdstore and also for download and streaming from most digital platforms
“A truly cosmic experience … a melange of excellence” (Adam Walton, BBC Introducing).
“Complex” (Prog magazine, re the track ‘Trepidation/74 Heist’)
See Dave Jones’ Stratospheric live in 2026 …
12 Feb: Teign Jazz & Blues (https://teignjazzandblues.co.uk/event/dave-jones-stratospheric/ )
9 April: St Neots Jazz Club
1 July: Drill Hall, Chepstow
The 2026 live line-up alongside Dave is…
Ben Waghorn (saxes, flute)
Tim Rose/Paul Carr (guitar)
Ashley John Long (bass)
Scott Hammond/Mark Whitlam (drums)
Photo by Paul Wood
Dave at Pizza Express Jazz Club (Soho) in March 2024 - part of the 60th Birthday Tour with his Quintet, playing new arrangements of his own compositions alongside Andy Hague’s arrangements of tunes by the great alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett.
Dave Jones is a pianist/composer from Wales.
Hear samples of tracks below from his 2021 CD ‘Unfinished Sentences’, and buy via the button. Also see his forthcoming gig dates, and find out about his new Quintet and his compositions for Quartet and for TV (production music)…
Dave Jones composes, performs, and records in the fields of jazz and media music.
Dave is a classically-trained pianist and organist who developed an interest in jazz, and studied with jazz author Lionel Grigson from the Guildhall School of Music in London. He has since released numerous critically-acclaimed jazz albums with his own ensembles and appeared on albums by other artists, with whom he tours in the UK and Ireland and overseas. He also composes and produces music for TV and Film.
Dave Jones’ Quintet
Hear more about the Dave Jones Quintet (pictured above) and their forthcoming 2023 live dates - tickets, further information, and promotional video are available here … https://www.davejonesjazz.com/quintet
“His own playing is unfailingly dynamic and driving, with light, shade and nuance injecting moments of poetry and reflection.” (LJN)
The Dave Jones Quartet
Discover more about The Dave Jones Quartet (pictured above at their launch gig for their 2020 EP ‘Is That The Time?’, at Pizza Express Jazz Club in London’s Soho in Feb 2020). Click The Quartet button here for more…
Buy Dave’s 2020 Quartet EP ‘Is That The Time?’ (listen and download here)
Buy the 2020 EP ‘Is That The Time?’ (on CD)
This was Dave’s 10th jazz release, which was launched at Pizza Express Jazz Club (Soho) London, in Feb 2020. ‘Is That The Time’ follows hot on the heels of his Quartet’s 5-star EP ‘Answers on a Postcard’ from early 2019, and the critically acclaimed ‘KeyNotes’ album from 2017.
